אֲחֻזָּה achuzzah

Hebrew word for “possession” · Strong’s H272 · used 66 times in 58 verses

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Meaning

1) possession, property; 1a) land; 1b) possession by inheritance

How it is translated

Glosses given for achuzzah in context, with how often each is used:

• possession 61
• some of possession 1
• property 1
• own property 1
• will be possession 1
• some of own possession 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 25 (12), Leviticus 27 (5), Numbers 32 (4), Ezekiel 45 (4), Genesis 23 (3), Numbers 35 (3), Joshua 22 (3), Ezekiel 48 (3), Numbers 27 (2), Joshua 21 (2)

Forms

• אחזת 11
• לאחזה 8
• אחזתו 8
• אחזתם 7
• לאחזת 5
• אחזתכם 4
• אחזה 3
• מאחזתו 3
• לאחזתו 3
• באחזתו 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with achuzzah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עִיר ir “city” 16
• שָׂדֶה sadeh “land” 11
• לֵוִי leviyyi “Levi” 10
• יוֹבֵל yovel “jubilee/horn” 6
• כְּנַעַן kenaan “Canaan” 7
• נַחֲלָה nachalah “inheritance” 8
• תָּוֶךְ tavekh “midst” 8
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 10
• נָשִׂיא nasi “leader” 6
• הֶם hem “them” 10
• מִמְכָּר mimkar “sale” 4
• אֵת et “with” 9

Key verses

The verses using achuzzah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 17:8 — And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will…
• Genesis 23:4 — I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
• Genesis 48:4 — And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed…
• Genesis 50:13 — For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of…
• Leviticus 14:34 — When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;
• Leviticus 25:10 — And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye…
• Leviticus 27:28 — Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall…
• Numbers 35:2 — Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the…
• Joshua 22:4 — And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of…
• 2 Chronicles 31:1 — Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and…
• Psalms 2:8 — Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
• Ezekiel 46:18 — Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.